Alan Clark (historian)

Alan Clark

Alan Kenneth Mackenzie Clark (born April 13, 1928 - September 5, 1999 ) was a British historian and politician of the Conservative Party (Tories).

historian

Clark attended history lectures at Christ Church (Oxford) from 1946 and also received a third-class honors degree . He later did private research and began publishing articles and books on military history.

Political life

From 1974 to 1992 Clark was a member of the British House of Commons . Under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher he became Under-Secretary of State for Labor in 1983, Minister for Trade in 1986 and Minister for Defense Affairs in 1989.

Publications

• Bargains at Special Prices (1960).
• Summer Season (1961).
• The Donkeys: A History of the British Expeditionary Force in 1915 (1961).
• The Fall of Crete (1963).
• Barbarossa: The Russian-German Conflict, 1941-1945 (1965).
• The Lion Heart: A Tale of the War in Vietnam (1969).
• The Suicide of Empires (1971).
• Aces High: The War in the Air over the Western Front 1914-1918 (1973).
• Diaries (three volumes, 1972–1999):
  • Volume 1 Diaries: In Power 1983-1992 (1993).
  • Volume 2 Diaries: Into Politics 1972-1982 (2000).
  • Volume 3 Diaries: The Last Diaries 1993-1999 (2002).
• The Tories: Conservatives and the Nation State 1922-1997 (1998).
• Backfire: A Passion for Cars and Motoring (2001).

Web links

Commons : Alan Clark  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

• Hansard: Contributions by Alan Clark in the British Parliament
• The Alan Clark Diaries in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• BBC: The Alan Clark I knew
• Guardian: Alan Clark (obituary)